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Gourd Family
2 species
Order: Violales
Family: Cucurbitaceae (Gourd or Cucumber family)
Genus: Echinocystis
Species: Lobata
Annual - also known as Prickly or Bur Cucumber, Balsam
Apple - family includes cucumbers, pumpkins, squashes
and watermelons - cluster of male flowers and 1 female
flower - native to Canada
Apple - family includes cucumbers, pumpkins, squashes
and watermelons - cluster of male flowers and 1 female
flower - native to Canada
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated October 29 2011
More Wild Cucumber
Order: Violales
Family: Cucurbitaceae (Gourd or Cucumber family)
Genus: Sicyos
Species: Angulatus
Annual - also known as One-sided or Angled Bur
Cucumber - family includes cucumbers, pumpkins,
squashes and watermelons - native to Canada
Cucumber - family includes cucumbers, pumpkins,
squashes and watermelons - native to Canada
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated October 16 2011
More Bur Cucumber
Wild Cucumber - flower 8 to 16 mm - fruit 3 to 5 cm - leaves 4 to 8 cm - vine to 6 m - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - August 2009
Bur Cucumber - flower approx. 1 cm - fruit 1 to 2 cm - leaves 4 to 17 cm - vine to 6 m - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2010
Bur Cucumber (left) and Wild Cucumber leaf comparison - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2010